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CLIMATIC CHANGE AND DROUGHT MITIGATION: CASE OF MOROCCO
Precipitation, in Morocco, is low and highly variable from one season to another and within the cropping year. Although drought can occur at any time during the growing season, two main periods of drought are more likely; the early one that coincides with seed germination and seedling emergence and the terminal drought that is more frequent and affects grains set and growth (Watts and El Mourid, 1988). During this last decade, drought in Morocco has become more frequent. Prediction of climatic change and global warming studies demonstrated that Morocco is among the countries that are more likely threatened by climatic change. In fact, global circulation models showed that the consequence of the increase of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is, for Morocco, the elevation of yearly average temperature by 1.5 to 2.5 °C above the current concentration for the period 2021-2050. For 2071-2100, the increase will be higher and might reach 2.5-4 °C. The increase of temperature due to the increase of the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will be accompanied by the reduction of annual average rainfall which will reach 10 % for the period 2021-2050 and 20 % for 2071-2100. For the coming 20 years, the reduction of the precipitation might be 4 % (INRA, 2002).
| Creator | Mohammed Karrou B.P. 415, Avenue de la Victoire, INRA Rabat Morocco E-mail : karrou@awamia.inra.org.ma Fax. +212 37 77 40 03 |
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| Publisher | Mohammed Karrou B.P. 415, Avenue de la Victoire, INRA Rabat Morocco E-mail : karrou@awamia.inra.org.ma Fax. +212 37 77 40 03 |
| Type of document | Proceedings |
| Rights | Public |
| File link |
http://www.fao.org/sd/climagrimed/pdf/ws01_38.pdf |
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| Source of information | FAO |
| Keyword(s) | cliamte change, drought mitigation |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS , WATER DEMAND |
| Geographical coverage | Morocco |
